[wellylug] Setting up a simple web server

[Chris Hodgetts]

> The only fire wall on these systems is a NAT on the router. For LAN
> access, this won't be involved. What precisely do you mean by 'port
> forward'? Much of the language on this list is a form of jargonese I am
> not familiar with. The effect would be similar if I began talking about
> polyurethane chemistry to you (example).
> On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 20:35 +1200, Michael Dittmer (An Inside Job)
> wrote:
>> Port forward on your firewall tcp port 80 and make sure that it points
>> at
>> your webserver machine is one of the steps.

I would start be making sure that Apache has been started on your
webserver machine.

Internall on any webbrowser go in the address bar

http://<IPADDRESS OF WEBSERVER>

that should display the file called index.html -- if that works, yaa you
have your webserver running.

What type of firewall do you have?

ADSL Modem?
Cable Modem connected via USB or Ethernet
DialUP Modem?

ADSL modem should have something called, Pinhole, NAT Port Forwarding,
Service Hosting or something like that .

It will have a location for IP Adress and Port just tell the router that
port 80 should be redirected to <IPADDRESS OF WEBSERVER> and when anyone
hits your external IP address via a webbrowser they will be redirected to
your internal webserver's port 80.